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Uneca tips Malawi on industrialisation

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa-Southern Africa Regional Office (Uneca-Saro) has asked Malawi and other member States to pursue green industrialisation, saying it is the best way to prevent externalising individual country challenges.

Speaking virtually at the opening of Inter-Governmental Committee of Senior Government Officials and Experts (ICSOE) on Wednesday in Maputo, Mozambique, Uneca-Saro acting executive secretary Antonio Pedro said green industrialisation is key to ending unemployment and nurture development in the Southern African region.

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He said: “In order to accelerate green industrialisation, the region needs infrastructure that is resilient and fit for the purpose.

“The current conditions of enabling infrastructure such as ports, interlinked highways and feeder roads is not sufficient.”

Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs deputy director of economic affairs Rhino Mchenga said the meeting is building on last year’s discussion which focused on building back better post- Covid-19.

He said the southern African region is set for a rebound post-Covid-19.

Mchenga said the region is still plagued with the effects of Covid-19, poverty, unemployment and inequalities.

He said: “The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has not made it any better, the conflict continues to subdue economic activity and thus stifling global growth prospects in our region.

“The Russia-Ukraine conflict has affected global fertiliser markets, mainly due to production decline falls in Russia, thereby impacting on global supply and prices, including in the Southern Africa region.” The 28th ICSOE Forum is expected to have robust discussions on green industrialisation to come up with recommendations that can be taken forward, individually and collectively as the Maputo consensus on green industrialisation in southern Africa.

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